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The anechoic effusion in this video can be seen surrounding the heart, but with several echoic tendrils bridging the fluid. These septations in a patient with a chronic effusion represent organization of the fluid and are seen in trauma after the blood has begun to clot, as well as infectious, malignant, and inflammatory effusions.